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Prime Minister's Office
PM to visit Kedarnath on 5th November and inaugurate Shri Adi Shankaracharya Samadhi
PM to unveil the statue of Shri Adi Shankaracharya
PM to inaugurate and also lay foundation stone of multiple key infrastructure projects
PM to review and inspect the executed and ongoing infrastructure works
Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi will visit kedarnath, Uttarakhand on 5th November.
Prime Minister will offer prayers at the Kedarnath Temple. He will thereafter inaugurate Shri Adi Shankaracharya Samadhi and unveil the statue of Shri Adi Shankaracharya. The Samadhi has been reconstructed after the destruction in the 2013 floods. The entire reconstruction work has been undertaken under the guidance of the Prime Minister, who has constantly reviewed and monitored the progress of the project.
Prime Minister will review and inspect the executed and ongoing works along the Saraswati Aasthapath.
Prime Minister will also address a public rally. He will inaugurate key infrastructure projects which have been completed, including Saraswati Retaining Wall Aasthapath and Ghats, Mandakini Retaining Wall Aasthapath, Tirth Purohit Houses and Garud Chatti bridge on river Mandakini. The projects have been completed at a cost of over Rs. 130 crore. He will also lay the foundation stone for multiple projects worth over Rs 180 crore, including the Redevelopment of Sangam Ghat, First Aid and Tourist Facilitation Centre, Admin Office and Hospital, two Guest Houses, Police Station, Command & Control Centre, Mandakini Aasthapath Queue Management and Rainshelter and Saraswati Civic Amenity Building.
President's Secretariat
President of India presents 11th Biennial National Grassroots innovation and outstanding traditional knowledge awards of NIF and inaugurates fine-2023
Fine is a unique effort which promotes science, technology and innovation and encourages the citizens to undertake entrepreneurship: President Murmu
People can visit exhibition of innovations between April 10 and 13 by booking slot at HTTPS://NIF.ORG.IN/FINE2023
The President of India, Smt Droupadi Murmu presented the 11th Biennial National Grassroots Innovation and Outstanding Traditional Knowledge Awards of NIF at Rashtrapati Bhavan Cultural Centre  today . She also inaugurated Festival of Innovation and Entrepreneurship  –2023 at the Sports Ground near RBCC.
Speaking at the Award function, the President said that citizens at the grassroots have the potential to come up with Science and Technology based innovative solutions and serve the country to the best of their abilities. National Innovation Foundation  plays a significant role in encouraging and supporting such innovators. She noted that NIF has pooled a database of over 325000 technological ideas, innovations and traditional knowledge practices from over 625 districts of the country. She was also happy to note that NIF has already recognised 1093 grassroots innovators and school students at the national level in its various Award Functions.
The President said that today we are celebrating not just the achievements of innovators but the spirit of creativity, innovation and entrepreneurship. We can see small innovations happening every other day around us. We just have to understand and encourage the creativity and innovation which is already present everywhere.
The President said that one important aspect of supporting and enhancing creativity is to encourage children and youth to ask questions. Curiosity and spirit of enquiry are essential for finding out solutions to challenging problems. Our children should grow up to become solution providers.
The President said that another important thing is that our citizens should have the zeal to serve the country. He or she should try to understand the problems and issues arising in the country and should feel responsible to contribute towards solving them may be at a small scale. She urged innovators, entrepreneurs, traditional knowledge holders and industry representatives to come together to find eco-friendly and sustainable solutions and encourage innovations in this direction.
The President said that FINE is a unique effort which promotes science, technology and innovation and encourages the citizens to undertake entrepreneurship and make their mark in India and abroad. She said that the spirit of entrepreneurship and the zeal to find solutions to challenging problems should be encouraged and rewarded.
People can visit the Exhibition of Innovations between April 10 and 13, 2023 by registering themselves at https://nif.org.in/fine2023
Please click here to see the President's Speech -
Ministry of Defence
Indian Army Committed to Ensure Quality Medicare to Veterans
During the current pandemic management, medical resources are under extreme strain. However, Indian Army is committed to ensure quality medicare to veterans. A number of veterans and families are presently under treatment in Service hospitals pan-India.
No ECHS member who is entitled treatment in Service Hospital are being denied admission when referred by the ECHS polyclinic. ECHS members who are refused admission by any empanelled hospital will be admitted to Service Hospital.
It is being ensured that there is no delay in conduct of emergency investigation or lifesaving treatment pending COVID-19 test. In addition, Cardiology and Orthopaedic cases can now be referred to empanelled hospitals  apart from Service Hospitals.
Any denial of admission by empanelled hospitals may be intimated to OIC Polyclinics and Regional Centres. ECHS members in Delhi NCR region may contact Joint Director  Regional Centre I  or Joint Director  Regional Centre II .
Prime Minister's Office
PM congratulates ISRO for the successful launch of PSLV-C49/EOS-01 Mission
The Prime Minister, Shri Narendra Modi has congratulated Indian Space Research Organisation  and India's space industry for the successful launch of PSLV-C49/EOS-01 Mission.
The Prime Minister said, "I congratulate ISRO and India's space industry for the successful launch of PSLV-C49/EOS-01 Mission today. In the time of COVID-19, our scientists overcame many constraints to meet the deadline.
Nine satellites, including four each from the US and Luxembourg and one from Lithuania, have also been launched in the Mission."
Ministry of Defence
Ordnance Factory Board
To enhance functional autonomy, efficiency and unleash new growth potential and innovation in Ordnance Factories, the production units of Ordnance Factory Board have been converted into 7 Defence Public Sector Undertakings with 41 units, with effect from 1st October 2021. The details are as follows:
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Munitions India Limited  
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Cordite Factory Aruvankadu
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High Energy Projectile Factory Tiruchirapalli
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Armoured Vehicles Nigam Limited  
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Engine Factory Avadi
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Machine Tool Prototype Factory Ambernath
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Ordnance Parachute Factory Kanpur
With professional management, functional and financial autonomy and more accountability, this restructuring is aimed at transforming Ordnance Factories into productive and profitable assets, enhance competitiveness and improving efficiency.
This information was given by Raksha Rajya Mantri Shri Ajay Bhatt in a written reply to Smt Ambika Soni in Rajya Sabha today.
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Ministry of Home Affairs
Qaumi Ekta Week will be observed from November 19-25, 2017
With a view to foster and reinforce the spirit of Communal Harmony, National Integration and pride in vibrant, composite culture and nationhood, the “Qaumi Ekta Week”  will be observed all over the country, from the 19th to 25th November, 2017. The week long programmes to be observed during Qaumi Ekta Week will be as under:
· November 19, 2017 will be observed as National Integration Day and programmes like meetings, symposia and seminars will be organized to emphasize the themes of secularism, anti-communalism and non-violence.
· November 20, 2017 will be observed as Welfare of Minorities Day and Items of the 15 Point Programme are emphasized on this day. In riot prone towns, special fraternal processions are taken out.
· November 21, 2017 will be observed as Linguistic Harmony Day. Programmes like Special literary functions and Kavi Sammelans will be organized to enable people of each region to appreciate the linguistic heritage of other parts of India.
· November 22, 2017 will be observed as Weaker Sections Day and meetings and rallies will be organized to highlight programmes under various Governments which help SCs/STs and weaker sections with particular emphasis on the distribution of surplus land to landless labourers.
· November 23, 2017 will be observed as Cultural Unity Day and cultural functions will be organized to present the Indian tradition of unity in diversity and for promoting cultural conservation and integration.
· November 24, 2017 will be observed as Women’s Day. On this day, the importance of Women in Indian Society and their role in development of nation-building are highlighted.
· November 25, 2017 will be observed as Conservation Day and several meetings and functions will be organized to emphasise the growing need for awareness and action to conserve the environment.
The observation of the ‘Quami Ekta Week’ will help to highlight the inherent strength and resilience of our nation to withstand actual and potential threats to the eclectic and secular fabric of our country, and nurture a spirit of communal harmony in its widest sense. This occasion also provides an opportunity to reaffirm age old traditions and faith in the values of tolerance, co-existence and brotherhood in a multi-cultural and multi-religious society.
The National Foundation for Communal Harmony , an autonomous organisation with the Ministry of Home Affairs, organises Communal Harmony Campaign coinciding with the Qaumi Ekta Week and observes the Communal Harmony Flag Day on 25th November. The Foundation promotes Communal Harmony and strengthens National Integration. It also provides financial assistance for relief and rehabilitation of children rendered orphan or destitute in communal, caste, ethnic or terrorist violence.
Ministry of Railways
General Manager Central Railway hoists the National Flag on the occasion of 77th Independence Day
: Mumbai, August 15, 2023
Shri Naresh Lalwani, General Manager, Central Railway hoisted the national flag on the occasion of 77th Independence Day at the Central Railway headquarters, Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj Terminus Mumbai on the occasion of 77th Independence Day .
While addressing the gathering,
Shri Naresh Lalwani conveyed warmest greetings to all railway personnel, their families and esteemed customers. He said that during India’s freedom struggle, railways played an important role in unification of the nation and movement of the leaders and freedom fighters. Railway premises and trains also witnessed many important events in the freedom struggle. Railwaymen have also raised the national flag in their houses as part of ‘Har Ghar Tiranga’. He informed the gathering about the achievements of Central Railway in year 2022-23 and the first four months of 2023-24.
Shri Naresh Lalwani congratulated Shri Pradeep Lokhande Sub Inspector RPF, Nagpur for being awarded with Indian Police Medal.
Later Shri Naresh Lalwani and Smt. Shobhana Lalwani, President, Central Railway Women’s Welfare Organization inaugurated various facilities at Bharat Ratna Dr. Babasaheb Ambedkar Memorial Hospital, Byculla.
Smt. Shobhana Lalwani, President and other members of CRWWO, Shri Alok Singh, Additional General Manager, and Principal Heads of Departments, Shri Rajnish Kumar Goyal, Divisional Railway Manager, Mumbai Division, senior officers and staff of Central Railway were present on the occasion. The Independence Day celebrations was webcast live on facebook page, twitter and youtube channel of Central Railway.
Ministry of Finance
FM chairs 35th GST Council meeting in Delhi; decisions regarding setting up of GSTAT, extension of tenure of National Anti-Profiteering Authority and introduction of e-invoicing taken
The 35th GST Council Meeting was held here today under the chairmanship of Union Finance & Corporate Affairs Minister Smt. Nirmala Sitharaman. This was the first meeting of the Council after the swearing in of the new Government. The meeting was also attended by Union Minister of State for Finance & Corporate Affairs Shri Anurag Thakur besides Revenue Secretary Shri Ajay Bhushan Pandey and other senior officials of the Ministry of Finance. The meeting took place in a cordial and professional manner.
At the start of the meeting, the Council passed a resolution acknowledging the stellar role played by Shri Arun Jaitley, the former Chairperson of GST Council and expressed its gratitude and appreciation for the exemplary contribution made by him in making the GST Council a shining example of co-operative federalism that it has become today. The Council also thanked the outgoing Members and welcomed the new Members of the Council. It also expressed its deepest condolences at the untimely demise of Shri Prakash Pant, the former Finance Minister of Uttarakhand.
Altogether, 12 Agenda items were discussed during the Council meeting. Some of these items were of regular nature like confirmation of the Minutes of the 34th GST Council Meeting, deemed ratification by the Council of notifications, circulars and orders issued by the Central Government between 12th March, 2019 and 11th June, 2019, taking note of the decisions of GST Implementation Committee, etc.
The Council took a decision regarding location of the State and the Area Benches for the Goods and Services Tax Appellate Tribunal  for various States and Union Territories with legislature. It has been decided to have a common State Bench for the States of Sikkim, Nagaland, Manipur and Arunachal Pradesh.
The tenure of National Anti-Profiteering Authority has been extended by 2 years.
The Council also decided to introduce electronic invoicing system in a phase-wise manner for B2B transactions. E-invoicing is a rapidly expanding technology which would help taxpayers in backward integration and automation of tax relevant processes. It would also help tax authorities in combating the menace of tax evasion. The Phase 1 is proposed to be voluntary and it shall be rolled out from January 2020
Ministry of Health and Family Welfare
COVID-19 UPDATE
75.89 Cr. vaccine doses have been administered so far under Nationwide Vaccination Drive
Daily new cases less than 30,000 for last 4 days; 27,176 new cases in the last 24 hours
Active cases account for 1.05% of total cases
India's Active caseload stands at 3,51,087
Recovery Rate currently at 97.62%
38,012 recoveries in the last 24 hours increases Total Recoveries to 3,25,22,171
Weekly Positivity Rate  less than 3% for last 82 days
Daily positivity rate  less than 3% for last 16 days
54.60 cr Total Tests conducted so far
Ministry of Defence
Swarnim Vijay Varsh Victory Flame taken to Netaji Subhash Chandra Bose Island
Key Highlights:
- Victory Flame accorded full ceremonial honours by Indian Navy Guard as tribute to 1971 war heroes
- Homage paid to officers & sailors of INS Khukri for their supreme sacrifice
- PM had renamed Ross Island as Netaji Subhash Chandra Bose Island to mark 75th year of hoisting of Tricolour by Netaji
The Swarnim Vijay Varsh Victory Flame was taken to Netaji Subhash Chandra Bose Island, formerly Ross Islands, under the aegis of the Naval Component of Andaman and Nicobar Command, on August 04, 2021. The Victory Flame was accorded full ceremonial honours along with wreath laying and salutations by the Indian Navy Guard as a tribute to the fallen heroes of the 1971 war at the ‘Lone Sailor Statue’.
The ‘Lone Sailor Statue’ overlooking the approach to Port Blair harbour was constructed to honour those who put up a gallant act at sea and made the supreme sacrifice. In the context of the 1971 war, the event was organised to pay tribute to the supreme sacrifice by the officers and sailors of INS Khukri, including the Commanding Officer Captain Mahendra Nath Mulla  who chose to go down with his ship.
The Island is situated three kilometres East of Central Port Blair. Netaji Subhash Chandra Bose had hoisted the national Tricolour there in December 1943 during the freedom struggle. To commemorate the 75th year of the historic event, Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi had renamed Ross Island as Netaji Subhash Chandra Bose Island on December 30, 2018.
After visiting the Island, the Victory Flame came back to Port Blair Jetty. All COVID-19 protocol measures were followed by the personnel present at the event.
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Ministry of Science & Technology
CSIR-IMTECH signs MOU with IIT Bombay for collaborative research
CSIR-Institute of Microbial Technology , Chandigarh signed a Memorandum of Understanding  here today with Indian Institute of Technology  Bombay to promote collaborative research. The MoU will facilitate exchange of ideas, development of new knowledge and enhance high quality research acumen between the researchers and faculty of both the institutes. The objective of this collaboration is to carry out state of the art research in areas of healthcare especially in projects and mission where both the institutes can significantly complement each other.
Both the institutes shall benefit immensely through this partnership as it will facilitate exchange of faculty and students for the purpose of research, teaching, development and implementation of collaborative research projects, professional development programs, and capacity-building efforts.
Prof. Milind Atrey, Dean R&D, IIT Bombay and Dr. Manoj Raje, Officiating Director CSIR-IMTECH signed the MoU on behalf of their respective institutes in presence of Dr. Shekhar C. Mande, Director General CSIR and Secretary DSIR.
Welcoming the partnership, Dr. Shekhar C. Mande said, “As IIT Bombay is amongst the top ranked institutes of the country and IMTECH has its focus cut out on solving India’s unmet medical needs, this MoU shall promote collaborative research specifically in the area of healthcare.”
This MoU is in line with the circular issued by MHRD in 2018 paving way for all IITs to sign MoUs with National Research Laboratories affiliated to CSIR to start new collaborations and to deepen, broaden interactions where such collaborations already exist. Subsequently, faculty from both the institutes will interact to collaborate specifically under different areas of this umbrella MOU.
On the sidelines of signing the MoU, Dr. Manoj Raje said, “Two of the best institutes in disciplines of engineering and science have formally come together and I believe students and faculty from both the institutes will work towards development and implementation of collaborative research projects, professional development programs, and capacity-building efforts.”
CSIR-IMTECH is a national center for excellence in microbial sciences and was established in 1984. IMTECH’s vision is to discover and develop translational products and new drugs to address key unmet societal and medical needs.
Ministry of Information & Broadcasting
Shri Satyendra Prakash assumes charge as Principal Director General, Press Information Bureau
Shri Satyendra Prakash assumed charge as Principal Director General of Press Information Bureau  today. Shri Prakash is an Officer of the Indian Information Service, Batch of 1988. Prior to this he held the position of Principal DG, Central Bureau of Communication.
Shri Satyendra Prakash has a wide experience in Central Government in the field of public communication, media management, administration, policy formulation and programme implementation. He has represented Government of India in various national and international forum like UNESCO, UNICEF, UNDP etc. He has been instrumental in formulation of draft Guidelines for Content Regulation of Government Advertising, Internet and Digital Media Policy, FM Radio Policy, Digital Cinema Policy etc. for Central Bureau of Communication. He was recognized for his role in presentation of the first ever tableau of Ministry of Information and Broadcasting on Republic Day in 2021 on the theme of Vocal for Local.
Shri Prakash has been associated with many major public campaigns of Government of India, designing and executing outreach activities. He is credited with ideating important IEC campaigns. He has recently been recognized by the Election Commission of India and conferred the national award for enhancing electoral participation through voter awareness and education in 2021-22.
Upon his assumption of charge, Shri Satyendra Prakash was welcomed by senior officials of PIB.
Election Commission
Poll Hours: General Elections-Phase-1
Nation goes to polls in the first phase of General Elections-2019 on 11th April, 2019
Voting time between 7am-6pm in Most of the constituencies
Election Commission of India has notified the schedule of voting hours for the first phase of Lok Sabha elections -2019. Polling will be held in 91 out of 543 Lok Sabha constituencies spread over 20 states &UTs in the first phase on Thursday, 11th April, 2019. The voting time in most of the Parliamentary Constituencies going to polls in the first phase is between 7am-6pm. However in left wing extremism affected areas and NE States the timings vary from 7am-5pm/ 7am-4pm/ 7am-3pm.
Uttar Pradesh, Jammu & Kashmir, West Bengal, Andaman &Nicobar Islands, Lakshadweep will see voting between 7am-6pm. In Andhra Pradesh, voting will take place between 7am-6pm except for Araku Lok Sabha seat, where votes will be cast in Kurupam, Parvathipuram, Sailur, Rampachodovaram constituencies, between 7am-5pm. In Araku seat, Araku Valley and Paderu, will see voting between 7am -4pm.
Uttarakhand will go to polls during 7am-5pm in the first phase of polls. Voting in Odisha, Bihar, Chattisgarh, Andhra Pradesh, Telangana and Maharashtragoing to polls in phase-1 of general elections-2019 have varied timings from 7am-6pm/ 7am-5pm/7am-4pm/ 7am-3pm.
Among the NE States, voting will take place between 7am-5pm in Assam, Arunachal Pradesh, Mizoram, Sikkim and Tripura West. While, Outer Manipur, Nagaland and Meghalayawill go to polls between 7am-4pm.
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